GR Yaris What did you do to your GR Yaris today?

Wheel wash. Should do after every drive as it gets properly dirty
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Bought some scaffolding to replace the rear seats
 
KTGAZ said:
I took her to a supermarket. I don’t know why but I had to start it somewhere, so it started there.

Only took 18 months of ownership to actually park it somewhere!
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✔️ Park on the penultimate space...
✔️ Placing the car as close to the last space so as to effectively prevent anyone from parking there and potentially hitting your car...
✔️ Allowing maximum space from the parking space on the other side, hoping that any cars parked there would not have wide enough doors to reach yours when opened.
✔️ Place the car as deep in the parking space, so it's protected from anyone manouvering near the entry of you parking space...
✔️ With your rear being visible, so it's not as telling as the front about the nature of the car and there is a higher bulkier area showing, with red reflective surfaces, therefore less chance of anyone reversing on you.

What can I say, your photo suggests you've done everything by the book! It's not just me then.

And after all that, we still have to navigate many of those paid parking exit points, where they usually allow for a pointlessly narrow corridor for the car to go through, often immediately after a turn making it extremely difficult to align the car with the straight corridor. Wondering if I'm overcautious, I stopped and watched others driving through; the vast majority were driving over the edges of the pavement-like borders of such corridors, damaging their wheels just to exit the car park.

And while we're wasting our life this way, @MarkoS takes it to its natural environment (Alps) and has the scars to prove it.

I wouldn't mind gravel chipped wheels from drifting, as its the price for great enjoyment, but I get frustrated from damage at car parks, as no fun there.

Conclusion in my case: Snow and gravel is the dream. Going mad while driving in car parks is the realistic prospect.
 
Spirited said:
✔️ Park on the penultimate space...
✔️ Placing the car as close to the last space so as to effectively prevent anyone from parking there and potentially hitting your car...
✔️ Allowing maximum space from the parking space on the other side, hoping that any cars parked there would not have wide enough doors to reach yours when opened.
✔️ Place the car as deep in the parking space, so it's protected from anyone manouvering near the entry of you parking space...
✔️ With your rear being visible, so it's not as telling as the front about the nature of the car and there is a higher bulkier area showing, with red reflective surfaces, therefore less chance of anyone reversing on you.

What can I say, your photo suggests you've done everything by the book! It's not just me then.

And after all that, we still have to navigate many of those paid parking exit points, where they usually allow for a pointlessly narrow corridor for the car to go through, often immediately after a turn making it extremely difficult to align the car with the straight corridor. Wondering if I'm overcautious, I stopped and watched others driving through; the vast majority were driving over the edges of the pavement-like borders of such corridors, damaging their wheels just to exit the car park.

And while we're wasting our life this way, @MarkoS takes it to its natural environment (Alps) and has the scars to prove it.

I wouldn't mind gravel chipped wheels from drifting, as its the price for great enjoyment, but I get frustrated from damage at car parks, as no fun there.

Conclusion in my case: Snow and gravel is the dream. Going mad while driving in car parks is the realistic prospect.
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Parking in Sainsbury’s got my blood pressure higher than unintentionally going a bit sideways on the way home!

Oh and a GR Yaris is no good for a ‘big shop’!
 
@Spirited That's not a space in the corner, that's dead area (it's L shaped spaces, so there's two rows meeting so that middle area is inaccessible)

I never do any shenanigans with attempting to block out an extra space, because there is a subset of people who will find a way to get into that space just to piss you off and they always drive a shitbox. I park in known decent car parks only, and then only in approved spaces... as in spaces on single rows, not double rows (reduces someone driving through), and on larger end spaces, or walkways etc. A particular fave at the moment is orphaned normal car spaces near electric car bays which aren't super in use. For example, there's an end spot in a bay of seven, six of which are reserved for charging

But I agree with parking deep, and away from the nearest other space (stop wayward door dings)... but always reverse into my space, because front parking is not the way, better visibility for exiting the space. Especially if you're in a space like the one pictured and someone parks in that other end space, because the reverse out there is going to be a bit of a pain
 
N17whitehartlane said:
Finally got my Vented wings painted and fitted😃 3 weeks of on/off - on/off and finally my bodyshop did the best they could and I’m happy😄😄View attachment 12740View attachment 12741View attachment 12742View attachment 12743View attachment 12744View attachment 12745View attachment 12746View attachment 12747View attachment 12748View attachment 12749View attachment 12750View attachment 12751
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Wow!
Looks insane on those sideskirts, front lip and tyres!
Only thing preventing me from ordering ones for myself are some of those gaps...
Wonder if those were to lacking design or maybe transport? You mentioned how hard your body shop tried to fit them the best they could, what would they look like if fitted by an average (Toyota dealer) shop? :unsure:

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Next level question:
Would carbon ones fit better? :ROFLMAO:
 
MarkoS said:
Wow!
Looks insane on those sideskirts, front lip and tyres!
Only thing preventing me from ordering ones for myself are some of those gaps...
Wonder if those were to lacking design or maybe transport? You mentioned how hard your body shop tried to fit them the best they could, what would they look like if fitted by an average (Toyota dealer) shop? :unsure:

edit:
Next level question:
Would carbon ones fit better? :ROFLMAO:
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Hi Mate, my concern was exactly that if the Carbon ones didn’t fit any better, I would have lost a lot more money🥲 so went with the FG and overall I’m happy with the look and the gaps are liveable and I have OCD regarding anything that looks wrong😡
 
corroded said:
@Spirited That's not a space in the corner, that's dead area (it's L shaped spaces, so there's two rows meeting so that middle area is inaccessible)

I never do any shenanigans with attempting to block out an extra space, because there is a subset of people who will find a way to get into that space just to piss you off and they always drive a shitbox. I park in known decent car parks only, and then only in approved spaces... as in spaces on single rows, not double rows (reduces someone driving through), and on larger end spaces, or walkways etc. A particular fave at the moment is orphaned normal car spaces near electric car bays which aren't super in use. For example, there's an end spot in a bay of seven, six of which are reserved for charging

But I agree with parking deep, and away from the nearest other space (stop wayward door dings)... but always reverse into my space, because front parking is not the way, better visibility for exiting the space. Especially if you're in a space like the one pictured and someone parks in that other end space, because the reverse out there is going to be a bit of a pain
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I stay well clear of those multi - storey car parks and cannot remember the last time I parked in one. I'm sure they were designed by the owner of a car body shop, to drum up more business
 
Mark said:
I stay well clear of those multi - storey car parks and cannot remember the last time I parked in one. I'm sure they were designed by the owner of a car body shop, to drum up more business
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It certainly feels like it.
 
Not a soft surface insight
Steel crash barriers
Concrete pillars everywhere
Concrete walls everywhere
Parking spaces so small, designed for the Austin Mini
Very tight turns between floors
The exit always has 2 high curbs and a steel post either side, with many paint colours and chips on
Finally, why the squeaky floor surface and I always used to forget which floor I parked on
 
Mark said:
Not a soft surface insight
Steel crash barriers
Concrete pillars everywhere
Concrete walls everywhere
Parking spaces so small, designed for the Austin Mini
Very tight turns between floors
The exit always has 2 high curbs and a steel post either side, with many paint colours and chips on
Finally, why the squeaky floor surface and I always used to forget which floor I parked on
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They don't have squeaky floors, that's your bum as you're driving your car and worried it'll get scratched!
 
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